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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
3 HOUSE BILL 2830 By: Burns
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6 AS INTRODUCED
7 An Act relating to railroads; defining terms;
limiting the length of certain trains; providing for
8 codification; and declaring an emergency.
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11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
12 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
13 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 105 of Title 66, unless there is
14 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
15 A. As used in this section:
16 1. "Branch line" means a secondary line that branches off from
17 a main line; and
18 2. "Main line" means a Class 1 railroad documented in current
19 timetables filed as required pursuant to 49 C.F.R. 217.7 with the
20 Federal Railroad Administration. A main line is used for regular
21 scheduled freight or passenger service.
22 B. Railroads are prohibited from operating any branch line or
23 main line train that exceeds a length of eight thousand five hundred
24 (8,500) feet.
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1 SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
2 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
3 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
4 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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